Thomas ceooke



(No Model.)

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MOUSE TRAP. No'. 270,753. Patented Ja.11.16,'1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS oEooKE, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

MOUSE-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,753, dated January 16, 1883. Application sied october 16,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be itknown 4that I, THOMAS CROOKE, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of' New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mouse-Traps, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to an improvement in mouse-traps, wherein I make a trap wholly of glass, the object being to have the food for bait in the inside to be seen from the outside; and, also, it' one mouse has entered he may be seen by others who may chance to go that way, who will be inclined to join the one or more inside, especially when they see inside something to eat; and it consists in the devices substantially as hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section. Fig.2 is a sectional plan below the cover. Figs. 3 and 4 are end views, showing modications.

In my construction I make -a mouse-trap The box A, embracing the top and bottom, the two sides, and one end, is blown or. molded of glass, all in one piece, the top being mflde convex longitudinally, but not necessarily so, as I do not contnehiyselt' to this or any particular shape or form. The end B, also of glass, is adapted to slide in grooves G in, the sides D of the box, and by its weight to be held closed; or it may be otherwise held in position, lling the end that had been left open. For example, lugs or ribs may be made on the inside of the sides, between 4 which this end piece may be pushed down; or, as seen in Fig. 4, alug or lugs, E, may be lett on the sides, and a corresponding notch, F, in the edges of the end piece. This end will then be pushed in from the front, the lug E passing through the notch F, and when past it the end will be pressed down a little and be caught behind the lugs. `(See Fig. 4.) The end is made with openings G and shoulders H inside, and sloping, to receive and support the doors I, also of glass; or this shoulder` or support may be made as a part of the bottom ot` the box in the same position, and the end will then fit against it. made to drop down on the support H. This door will be light, of thin glass, and be easily raised by a mouse who seeks to gain entrance.

To take ont the mouse when caught it is only necessary to raise the end piece alittle way.

l claim- A mouse-trap made vwholly of glass, having the top and bottom and two sides and one end all of one piece, and the end piece, B, having the openings G, shoulders H, and doors I, and adapted to slide into position and be held by lugsvor grooves closing the end, substantially as and for the/purpose specitied.

THOMAS GROOKE.

Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, T. W. LIORRISON.

The door is hinged to the end and 

